Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Church reviews 2019 activities during solemn session of Holy Synod

A solemn meeting of the Holy Synod was organized on Monday at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest during which the main activities carried out by the Romanian Orthodox Church related to this year’s solemn and commemorative topics were reconsidered. The meeting was chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna. The…

Oct 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Traditional and fashionable at the same time. Fashion Designer Florin Dobre came with his son to honour Bucharest Protector Saint

Holding his son by the hand, the famous fashion designer Florin Dobre was captured by the Basilica.ro photographer joining the pilgrims for the annual procession with the relics of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest. Being the only Romanian fashion designer with collections featured in Vogue and CQ magazines, Florin Dobre bore witness to…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

President of Greece venerates relics of Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher – PHOTO

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, venerated the holy relics of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher during a Doxology officiated on Saturday in Thessaloniki marking the 107th anniversary of the city’s liberation from Ottoman rule. The celebrations in honour of the Patron Saint of Thessaloniki began on Friday, October 25, when…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

“Humility and courage, humility and hope,” Romanian Patriarch urges on Feast of St Demetrios the New

The Patriarch of Romania urged the thousands of pilgrims who attended the Divine Liturgy on the feast day of Bucharest Patron Saint Demetrios the New to have the humility and courage as the woman with the issue of blood, and to acquire humility and hope as Jairus. Offering his reflections on the gospel reading from…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Artists finish frescoes at main dome of new Warsaw Orthodox Church

The main dome of the new Orthodox Church in Warsaw has been completely painted by iconographers. The completion of the frescoes was announced by the local archdiocese in a communique published on the Polish Church’s website. The Church of Hagia Sophia in Warsaw has five domes with the main dome towering at a height of…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Thessaloniki procession honours Patron Saint Demetrios: Photos

Metropolitan Theologos of Serres and Nigriti on Friday morning celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of St Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher in Thessaloniki marking the beginning of the celebrations honouring the city’s Patron Saint. Following the Divine Liturgy, the military Saint’s relics and a large icon decorated with flowers were carried in procession on the…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Divine Liturgy celebrated in Georgian Church in Azerbaijan for first time in 100 years

The Orthodox faithful of the village of Kotoklo in the Kakhi District in the historical Georgian section of Azerbaijan known as Saingilo had great cause to rejoice earlier this month, as the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in their local church for the first time in just under a century. His Grace Bishop Dimitri (Kapanadze) of…

Oct 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Saints Demetrios, Dionysius and Philothea draw thousands to Bucharest for religious celebrations

The Patriarchal Cathedral’s square in Bucharest was filled with pilgrims coming from across Romania to celebrate the feast day of Saint Demetrios the New, the spiritual protector of the capital. Thousands of believers waited in line for hours to bow down before the relics of St Demetrios the New, the newly-glorified Saint Dionysius Erhan, and…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolis of Chisinau representative thanks Romanian Patriarch for canonization of Bishop Dionysius Erhan

‘We are here as part of the delegation of the Metropolis of Chisinau to bring thanks to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for the gesture he made for the entire clergy and the people in Bessarabia by including among the Saints Bishop Dionysius, who had a monastic vocation and a holy life and who gives us…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Dionysius Erhan officially declared a Saint during a ceremony held in Bucharest

Bishop Dionysius Erhan of Cetatea Alba and Ismail was canonized during a ceremony in Bucharest on Sunday attended by the Patriarch of Romania, members of the Holy Synod, state officials and a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolis of Chisinau. In front of thousands of pilgrims in the Patriarchal Assembly’s Square, the Romanian bishop of…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Media Centre celebrates 12th anniversary

The Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate was established twelve years ago on the feast day of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, marking the beginning of a fruitful Orthodox Christian ministry in Romania and abroad. The departments of the Media Centre – Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV, Lumina Publications, Basilica News Agency and…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu